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Tracy Smith enters her eighth season with the Bobcats and her fifth as the program's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. Smith's spectacular recruiting has helped lead to the Bobcats success on the court and in the classroom.
Smith joined the Bobcat staff in 2002, coming to Texas State after spending one season as an assistant on the staff at Rice. In her one season at Rice, Smith helped coach the Owls to an 18-16 overall mark to go with an 8-5 record in the Western Athletic Conference.
In addition to coordinating all aspects of the team's recruiting efforts, Smith is also the team's technical director, outlining all the aspects of the Bobcats' training and on-floor technical skills.
Smith also works with the day-to-day operations of the Bobcat volleyball program helping to coordinate some staff duties between the assistant coach, volunteer assistant, team managers and team trainers.
Smith was an assistant at Central Florida in the spring of 2001 and was the head coach at Arkansas Tech from 1996-2001. While at Arkansas Tech, Smith won three Gulf South Conference championships, guiding the team to at least 30 wins in three of her five seasons and compiling an overall record of 137-55.
In 2001, she led Arkansas Tech to a 34-6 record and undefeated 12-0 mark in conference play along with a second-place finish in the conference tournament. The Golden Suns' regular season earned them an NCAA Division II Tournament berth, the team's first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Smith also tallied three undefeated Gulf South West Division championships and had a 43-10 conference record in her time at ATU.
Players from Smith's teams garnered conference MVP honors in 1997, 1999 and 2001, and two of her players received National Player of the Week on three different occasions. Smith also served as the Senior Woman Administrator from 1996-1998 and was a physical education instructor while at Arkansas Tech.
Smith is a 1996 graduate of the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. As a player, Smith was recruited by Karen Chisum and Texas State out of Clear Lake High School but signed with Utah State as an outside hitter.
Smith transferred to Texas after one season at Utah State, but her playing days were cut short by a career-ending injury. She worked as a student assistant while completing her degree under former Longhorn and current Southern California Head Coach Mick Haley.
Smith married her high school sweetheart Steve Smith in the summer of 2007.
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